Colorado State Federation of Labor papers, 1896-1955.

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Colorado State Federation of Labor papers, 1896-1955.

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The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, conference proceedings, scrapbooks, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, newspaper clippings and bound record and financial books covering fifty-nine years in the history of the Colorado State Federation of Labor from 1896 to 1955. There are additional files on the Federation's educational, legal, political and social activities in trying to achieve a fair minimum wage, an eight-hour day, better working conditions, compensation and insurance, as well as general publications from the U.S. Dept of Labor.

90 linear ft. (55 boxes, including 68 bound v.)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 8043281

University of Colorado, Boulder

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